Brad Marchand struggled to hold back tears on the ice when the TD Garden crowd gave him a standing ovation Tuesday night during his first game back as a Bruins opponent. The 37-year-old forward tapped his heart, wiped his face and waved to the crowd as both teams banged their sticks against the ice and even the referee and linesmen clapped along.

The Panthers escaped with a win against the Bruins thanks to Carter Verhaeghe, but the night belonged to Brad Marchand.

The Panthers snapped their four-game losing streak with a 4-3 win over the Bruins on a night where Brad Marchand played his first game in Boston since being traded to Florida last season.

The Boston Bruins took on the Florida Panthers on Tuesday night (Oct. 21) at TD Garden in Brad Marchand’s return to Boston. The game was a back-and-forth contest between the Bruins and the shorthanded Panthers,